She truly has got terrific taste in tunes
We think that Irene Skylakaki is pretty flippin’ great. After all, why wouldn’t we? There’s a hell of a lot to like about her. The fact that her songs are carefully-honed slices of sensitive folk-pop perfection, for a start. Oh, and then there’s her voice – a voice so sweet it makes honey turn sour, none the less. Yeah, she is that good. Don’t believe us? Well, check this out and see for yourself:
We think that you’re gonna love this playlist
We think that she’s so great, in fact, that we couldn’t stop ourselves resorting to our tried-and-tested tactic of ‘getting awesome musicians to make awesome playlists of their favourite songs’. D’ya know why, dear reader? Because they always end up being bloody brilliant, that’s why.
You can find Irene‘s full playlist at the bottom of this page – but, for now, here are a few sentences from the woman herself explaining precisely why she chose a few of the songs from her selection:
Big Thief – Masterpiece
‘How can you not love Big Thief? My favourite new band.
The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up
‘I couldn’t not have Brian Wilson in this playlist.
alt-J – Tesselate
‘I still remember first listening to An Awesome Wave by alt-J on an aeroplane to Greece and feeling happy for music (and for the world).
Arleta – Ta Isiha Vradia
‘Arleta is one of my favourite greek singer-songwriters and I’m a tiny bit homesick.
Liking what you’re hearing so far? Well then, why not go ahead and check out Irene Skylakaki’s full playlist: